• AEB Assist4
  The software we use to screen entities against sanctions lists. Close matches go onto Compliance Block in SAP for a detailed review.
• CCL
  The Commerce Control List (CCL) is a list of categories and product groups used to help determine whether an export license is needed from the U.S. Department of Commerce for U.S. exports. This is the U.S. equivalent of the UK Strategic Export Control Lists.
• CE Mark
  CE marking is an administrative marking by which the manufacturer or importer affirms conformity with European health, safety, and environmental protection standards for certain products sold within the European Economic Area.
• Certificate of Origin
  A certificate stating the origin of the goods. It is often submitted to a customs authority of the importing country to justify the product's eligibility for entry and/or its entitlement to preferential treatment. An official copy from the Chamber of Commerce is available for a fee and must be requested at the time of order. Alternatively, we can provide a declaration on EO letterheaded paper free of charge.
• Certificate of Compliance
  This states that the products on order comply with the specifications as listed on the website. The Certificate of Compliance can be found on the bottom half of the delivery note that is included with every shipment.
• CMRT
  Conflict Minerals Reporting Template. A database containing smelters and sources of conflict minerals (tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold) to show that our sourcing promotes environmental health, human rights and ethical practices. See also Dodd Frank Act.
• CRT
  Cobalt Reporting Template. This facilitates the exchange of information through the supply chain regarding mineral country of origin as well as the smelters and refiners being utilized.
• Dodd Frank Act
  The intent of this is to reduce human rights abuses and the funding of armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its surrounding nations to ensure they do not benefit groups that engage in human rights violations. As part of this legislation, we are required to annually gather documentation from our suppliers to certify that they source responsibly. This information is evaluated for compliance and stored as evidence of our commitment to promoting positive business.
• Dual-use
  A classification for products that are high-tech enough to be used by the military as well as civilian industries. When a product is dual-use classified, it has a dual-use code, or ECCN number, which helps to identify the nature of the product and the related export controls.
• EAR
  Export Administration Regulation. Most of the products, services, and technologies that fall within the scope of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) are not specifically controlled for export, and are given the classification of EAR99. They fall under U.S. Department of Commerce jurisdiction and are not listed on the Commerce Control List (CCL). EAR99 items generally consist of low-technology consumer goods and do not require a license in most situations.
• ECCD
  Export Control Classification Declaration. A form that we fill in to advise the customer of any export control measures associated with the part(s) they have ordered.
• ECCN
  Export Control Classification Number. This is an alphanumeric key used in the Commerce Control List (CCL) to classify U.S. exports and determine whether an export license is needed from the Department of Commerce. An ECCN categorises a product based on its commodity, software, or technology. Parts with an ECCN number (e.g. 6A005.e.2) are classed as dual-use.
• EUS
  End User Statement. We send this form to customers who request custom parts, or when we need more detail on the customer’s activity/application. We decide how to proceed with the enquiry based on the information provided in the completed form. If there is not enough information, we may need to ask further questions.
• GEA
  General Export Authorisation (EU001). This is needed to send dual-use items and information from the EU to the UK.
• ITAR
  International Traffic in Arms Regulation. This is a U.S. regulation that controls the manufacture, sale, and distribution of defence and space-related articles and services as defined in the United States Munitions List (USML). Technical data (e.g. drawings) relating to these items is also restricted. ITAR stipulates that access to physical materials or technical data related to defence and military technologies is restricted to U.S. citizens only. The application of these items needs to be disclosed when requested, so that the appropriate licencing can be determined.
• LTSD
  The Long-Term Supplier’s Declaration is a document requested of EO that provides the customer with information needed to prove the origin of goods for preferential rates of duty between countries.
• NDA
  Non-Disclosure Agreement. This is a legally binding contract that establishes the terms and scope of a confidential relationship between EO and the customer. The party or parties signing the agreement agree that sensitive information they may obtain will not be made available to any others. An NDA may also be referred to as a confidentiality agreement.
• OGEL
  Open General Export Licence. This is needed to send dual-use items and information from the UK to the EU.
• Preferential Rates of Duty
  These are reduced tariff rates levied on the basis of trade agreements between two or more countries. These rates are usually substantially lower than the normal tariff rates and in many cases the customs duties are waived entirely.
• Prop(osition) 65
  Also called the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, this first became law in California in 1986. It is intended to help Californians make informed decisions about protecting themselves from chemicals that could cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. Although it legally only concerns California, it is often requested worldwide.
• REACH
  The Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals is a 2006 European Union regulation. REACH addresses the production and use of chemical substances, and their potential impacts on both human health and the environment. Most of our products are compliant, but please see individual product pages for specific detail and certificates.
• Restricted countries
  These are lists of countries that are restricted in terms of supply and support, for political, security or economic reasons. There are two lists – Fully Restricted Countries, meaning we cannot provide any product or support to these regions, and Custom Restricted Countries, meaning only standard parts are available to these locations.
• RoHS
  Restriction of Hazardous Substance Directive 2002/95/EC is a restriction on the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, which was adopted in February 2003 by the European Union. Most of our products are compliant, but please see individual product pages for specific detail and certificates.
• Sanctions
  Penalties (usually a trade ban) against individuals, companies or countries because of previous crimes or threatening behaviour.
• SCIP
  The database for information on Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products) established under the Waste Framework Directive (WFD). Companies supplying articles containing substances of very high concern (SVHCs) on the Candidate List in a concentration above 0.1% weight by weight (w/w) on the EU market have to submit information on these articles to ECHA (European Chemicals Agency). The SCIP database ensures that the information on articles containing Candidate List substances is available throughout the whole lifecycle of products and materials, including at the waste stage. The information in the database is then made available to waste operators and consumers.
• Tariff code
  A tariff code is a product-specific code as documented in the Harmonised System (HS) maintained by the World Customs Organisation (WCO). Tariff codes exist for almost every product involved in global commerce. The more digits in a tariff code string, the more specific the product it identifies. Tariff codes can vary between countries. They are also known as HS codes, harm(onized). codes, commodity codes.
• TSCA
  The Toxic Substances Control Act is a United States law, administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that regulates the introduction of new or already existing chemicals.
• UKCA
  UK Conformity Assessed marking is a certification mark that indicates conformity with the applicable requirements for some products sold within Great Britain – primarily those that are eligible for CE marking. UKCA is essentially the UK version of the European CE Mark, and is only recognised in the UK.
• UK Strategic Export Control Lists
  The consolidated list of strategic military and dual-use items that require export authorisation from Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK equivalent of the CCL).
• United States Munitions List (USML)
  A list of articles, services, and related technology designated as defence and space-related by the United States federal government. This designation is pursuant to sections 38 and 47 of the Arms Export Control Act. A USML code (e.g. III a.2.) is assigned to products that feature on this list, which is anything that is specifically designed, developed, configured, adapted or modified for a military application.

Section 1.2

Please only tick those countries for which you have current/outstanding customer orders for the parts in question. This is not a request to know to which countries these parts may be sold. If you intend to offer these parts for sale to all customers, then “commercial worldwide” should be ticked.

Section 1.3

3.a “to end user specifications” denotes that the part has been requested, designed or specified by or for the end user, (or a subcontracting company on behalf of the end user). Such a product would only be available for sale to these specific customers and would not be available to any other customers, or made available for general sale.

3.b “commercial worldwide” denotes that the part has not been requested, designed or specified by or for any specific customer, and is intended for sale to any and all existing or future customers.

Section 3

Please provide a detailed explanation of the end use so that we can quickly determine whether any of the export controls apply. For example, “medical application – lenses for a microscope used to detect fluorescence in plant cells” gives a good amount of information, “medical application” does not. Due to the complex and specific nature of dual-use controls, responses with minimal or no product or application information will require additional follow-up questions that may cause delays. The more detail you can provide, the better.